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JB Miller

@jbmilleractually.bsky.social
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Writer, novelist, playwright, classic film nut, dad, Londoner, superior wit, inferior cook, avid slow reader, champion sleeper, haematological memoirist

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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Please stop renaming the theatres
A modest plea
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Tech support, please
Defeated again by a confusing interface
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Elegy for an Old Puppy Dog
What does a grown man do with his childhood soft toy?
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Have you come far?
Apologies for a transportation obsession
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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In Praise of Broken Books
The joys of a second edition
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Is Woody Allen still at it?
Separating the private from public in a very controversial career
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Don’t Give Ground on Patriotism
No one owns the flag
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Rise of the Snippets
We’re chopping up our culture into bite-sized pieces
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Care Package
The things I miss from home
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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My Life with David Byrne
(A) Boring (a) Talking Head
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Will Texting Kill Off the Epistolary Form?
Email pattern baldness
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Mayhem in the seats!
Do you know how to behave at the theatre? Not everyone does.
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Confessions of a Slow Reader
How do you choose a book when time is short?
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Here’s our latest podcast, featuring our very first guest: veteran crime novelist Charles Salzberg! Tune in to discover why true and fictional crime has seized the culture, plus Charles’ picks for his all-time best crime books and films. 🎧
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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The Overrated Queenship of Elizabeth II
How good was the beloved late monarch?
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Wisteria in Barnes, London. Welcome to spring (finally)!
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
It looks like my play THE LAST VICTORIAN is being put on next season by the Washington Stage Guild! No reading, no messing around: a full staging for four weeks (possibly five) in their 148-seat theatre in the middle of DC. Very excited!
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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What Happened to Climate Change?
Close your eyes, shut your mouth.
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
WILL THE ANDREW FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE SINK HIS FELLOW ROYALS? Yet again, Boomer Has It! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJgD...
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Will the Andrew Scandal Take Down the Royals?
YouTube video by Boomer Has It!
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
THANK GOD I'M NOT A BESTSELLING AUTHOR! www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
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Ian Rankin: I’ve wasted my life in fiction and missed what matters
The bestselling author says his intense focus on writing left him mentally absent for family milestones as he reflects on success, regret and plans to slow down
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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A Visit to the Serge Gainsbourg House
Creepy and bonkers and very interesting
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
MAGA MIDTERM MALPRACTICE? Was James Carville right? In 2025, he argued that the best Democratic strategy was to just “play possum” and let the Republicans self-destruct. This week, Jim and JB take stock of the GOP’s unforced electoral errors. Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/.../boomer-h...!
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Two decades after HBO famously passed on it, Mad Men has finally arrived on the network that once said no. Join Jim and JB for a “three-martini lunch” as they discuss whether this sleek, cut-throat classic still holds up in today’s world! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
For 149 years, the @WashingtonPost has been Washington’s watchdog, but the “Bezos Effect” is feeling like slow euthanasia. Jim says “YES” to unsubscribe, but JB thinks we should stick it out. Where do you stand?
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
For 149 years, the @WashingtonPost has been Washington’s watchdog, but the “Bezos Effect” is feeling like slow euthanasia. Jim says “YES” to unsubscribe, but JB thinks we should stick it out. Where do you stand?
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Boomer Has It!
Society & Culture Podcast · Two writers, two cities, two opinions on culture and politics from a boomer perspective. Veteran creatives JB Miller and Jim Gialamas, reporting from London and New York, o...
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
JB MILLER WINS FIRST FIFA PRIZE FOR FICTION Miller expressed his bewilderment at the award as he has no interest in football and his novel DUCH has nothing to do with sport. “The first I heard of it was when I mentioned in passing invading Greenland to give a reading in Nuuk."
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
US entry-safe social media post: “We must MARSUPIATE Trump before he ENCLIPPENS us all. BARRELFAST now!”
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
FREE FIRST CHAPTER OF MY MEMOIR “IF I’M 64”! READ IT AND SPREAD THE WORD — FAR, WIDE AND TRUE! fearofjazz.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
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Welcome to Fear of Jazz
I’ve set up this substack to publish chapters of my memoir “If I’m 64” and other literary mayhem.
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Is Princess Diana Alive? Duch By JB Miller Is A Tale Of Mystery, Memory, And Royal Ruckus - The Table Read Magazine
On The Table Read Magazine, "the best entertainment eBook magazine UK", in a uproarious satire, JB Miller unravels the mystery of a woman claiming to be
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie... IT SHOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT to condemn the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk without agreeing with his oppressive and theocratic views, which were well out of the political mainstream. This is not heresy or treason or “left-wing Marxism,” but freedom of speech.
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Charlie Kirk - Wikipedia
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Duch is in Paris with me, getting the word out in bookstores, as well as accompanying me to cafes. World's best city for writing, bar none. And they like writers here. You should see the size of Victor Hugo's house in the Marais!
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
President Trump is no Hitler. (But not for lack of trying.)
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Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Duch by JB Miller — the novel about Princess Diana being found alive in Paris. Beloved by cats everywhere. #Duch #PrincessDianaLives
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I always take my book #Duch with me, pretending to read it on the tube and placing it artfully on my table in a café. The cover always seems to attract attention. Recently a table neighbor was so interested, he ordered the book on his phone, right there and then on Amazon. Personal marketing works!
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The Second World War feels a bit further away this morning with news of the passing of John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain pilot, who has died at 105. Let that sink in.
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John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain pilot, dies aged 105
The pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Great legs for 65.
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Grayson Perry: I like to shock the ‘unshockable’ art world
From frocks to pots and a spot on The Masked Singer, the Turner prize-winning artist lets loose on breaking taboos, turning 65 — and his best show yet
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Whoever posts the funniest picture of Duch I’ll send you a rare unsigned copy of The Satanic Nurses (if you want, I’ll sign it). #Duch #PrincessDianaLives
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
In my novel Duch, King Charles has Purcell and Bach blasted out of the Buckingham Palace swimming pool sound system "to get in the kingly mood," but apparently he actually listens to Bob Marley and Beyoncé. Who knew? #Duch #Diana #PrincessDianaLives
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
“Wow!! Had me hooked from the first page!” — Laura G, Reviewer “This book was a trip! Five stars!” — Librarian 1081599 “A quirky and sometimes whacky book that will keep readers laughing!” — Connie F, Reviewer “I adored this book! Five stars!” — Stephen K, Educator
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Support the Washington Post! Don’t use Bezos’s recent announcements of editorial control as an excuse to end your subscription. I find no diminishment of editorial independence and those guys are covering the crises in DC superbly. Keep WaPo going!
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
For the alleged cost of Meghan’s coat you could buy 4,181 copies of my novel Duch, which is all about Princess Diana being found alive in Paris. But you only need to buy 12. #Duch #PrincessDianaLives
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The lovely smell of your new book hot off the press! Overjoyed to finally have my novel Duch in my hands. Why not fit it into your hands? Princess Diana is alive in Paris and making mischief. #Duch
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Just 10 days away from the launch of my Princess-Diana-is-alive novel Duch, which has a four-star (****) average rating on Goodreads and Netgalley! Order it at your local independent bookstore. Loudly.
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Let me clarify that my earlier remarks about dog obedience were in no way meant to mitigate canine crime. Misbehaving labradoodles (though a lovely breed) should be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law. I'm closing my account and entering a Buddhist monastery for the foreseeable future.
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
In an earlier post I said that labradoodles had been involved in a spate of crime. I’ve since learned that many of the atrocities were actually perpetrated by other breeds with superficial resemblances to labradoodles, such as cockapoos, goldendoodles and labranoodles. Apologies for this confusion.
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I hope my modest contribution to the Society of Obedient Dogs will go some ways in making up for my ill-chosen remarks regarding my earlier ill-chosen remarks about labradoodles. In addition, I have volunteered at a local obedience school where wayward dogs are given “a new leash on life.” Walkies?
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Apologies to the Anti-Labradoodle Front, who doxxed me for apologizing to the National Labradoodle Foundation for my post on this popular breed. I was unaware of the recent spate of labradoodle crime, and my amends to the National Labradoodle Fund were not meant to excuse these canine offences.
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I’d like to apologize to the National Labradoodle Foundation for my poor choice of words regarding this elegant breed. Labradoodles are in fact a much-loved addition to the national dogscape and I hope my modest contribution to the National Labradoodle Fund will make up for my misjudged post.
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